Class of 1923
Running true to form, Ward Hilton provides first-class news coverage on the annual Dartmouth banquet in Chicago, which was held at the Blackstone Hotel. He reports that Lawyer Karl Williams came in from Rockford, Ill., with a dislocated shoulder, sustained while skiing in northern Wisconsin.
Dud Pope, our contract bridge and squash racquet champion, otherwise with the American Bank Note Company, was also there.
Sumner Sollitt is rebuilding Chicago, being at the head of his own building construction company.
Here's one that comes more under the heading of news than notes. T. Truman Metzel reports the purchase last fall of a Fairchild cabin airplane, which he pilots himself. He has had only one forced landing. Despite the above, he still lives at odd moments with his wife, their twin sonsage 10, and a third son aged 7, in Highland Park, Ill.
Larry Eager is on leave of absence this year from the political science department in Hanover, and is furthering his studies at the University of Chicago.
Chick Obermeyer, who is the retiring treasurer of the Chicago Alumni Association, engages in the gentle practice of law in the Windy City.
Bus Carpenter of the House of Sanford, makers of the world's inkiest inks, occupied at least two places at the dinner table.
George Whiteside, engaged in the advertising business; Joe Pick, a weaver of textiles; and Bill Juergens, local dispenser of diamonds, were also among those present.
Bud Friedman is with the L. Friedman Neckwear Company in Milwaukee, which, according to Bud himself takes about onehalf of his time. The balance of Bud's hours are occupied in supervising the Elmwood Company at Racine, which deals in "Restricted homesites of quality." With all this on his mind, Bud says he has not yet found time to think of matrimony. The following paragraph from Bud's letter is of special interest:
"Last year most of the Dartmouthalumni were very much interested in skiing and as a result we formed the Dartmouth Outing Club of Wisconsin, so everyweek-end Swede and I, in company withsome of the younger bloods, literallydragged our tails up and down our surrounding hills. We even rented a cabin upin 'them thar hills' only, thirty miles distantfrom Milwaukee. This year though it hasbeen good only as the location for an occasional beer-drinking bout."
From another source entirely comes news of the above-mentioned Ski Club. Sherm Baldwin advises that in a recent issue of the Ski Bulletin, the formation of the Dartmouth Outing Club of Wisconsin was announced, having a membership of thirty-seven "Dartmouth alumni who arestill interested in what they thought wasonly an undergraduate pastime." The announcement was over the signature of L. Friedman Jr.
There seems to be an active Alumni Association in Milwaukee. At least it is if members of the Class of '23 have anything to do with it. Swede Swenson has been president for the past two years, and before that, Paul McKown served as president for two terms. The current rumor is that Paul has entirely forsaken the Middle West and is now located in California.
Hap Jefferson has been located in Milwaukee for about six years, and is known as one of the city's better psychiatrists.
Al Schryver has left Chicago, and is now located in Milwaukee with the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
Sherm Baldwin, our New England news scout, reports information about Bob McMillan. Bob is listed as secretary-treasurer of the American Badminton Association. The Badminton Bulletin, which carries his picture, announces his election as the national secretary of the Association. Bob is a bachelor who puts in his working hours in the advertising department of Lever Brothers in Cambridge, thinking up new ways to make people more Lux-conscious. Along with his interest in Badminton, which has developed into more than a hobby, Bob is rumored as being an ardent skier and sailor. The following two paragraphs are verbatim from Sherm's letter:
"An item which has been unaccountably missed by your reporter is the marriage late last spring of Norma Dowsly andGeorge Fuller. I understand that Spear hasgiven up night-club managing and is devoting all his attention to his new wife andthe treasurership of the G. Fuller & SonLumber Co.
"Met Ed Stocker in Hanover over February 22. He was on a two-week vacationtrip, spent, with the exception of a fewdays in New York, visiting the various skicenters in New England. A crackup earlierin his trip resulted in a couple of fracturedribs and prevented his schussing aroundHanover at his usual speed and abandon,but he was still good enough to show upsome of us Eastern novices. Ed is practicing law in Cleveland and classifies as aneligible bachelor—very eligible, I shouldsay."
A good letter was received from Hal Baker the other day. He had just returned from Chicago, where he had attended the meetings of the American Marketing Association. Hal has recently been advanced to the rank of assistant professor at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. The following is his own description of his state of being:
"We never get to own steam yachts inthis racket, but we have a lot of funwhich is something. Handball for exercise, plus a fairly active social life here,plenty of reading, and more holidays peryear than I ever though existed, serve tomake this a rather low-pressure existence,which is most delightful."
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO THIS MONTH
A Junior Prom Committee was elected, consisting of Bill Wallace, chairman, Vince Baldwin, Shiner Beggs, Joe Houston, and Heinz Moore.
Those who published the 1923 Aegis were: Art Little, editor-in-chief, Hal Baker, Walt Friend, Walt Dodge, Wade Kepner, Lou Lewinsohn, Tom McKnight, Owen Smith, and Rog Wilkinson.
Men of '23 on the Jack-O board were: Heinz Moore, Tom McKnight, Len Bronner, Wid Bertch, Lou Lewinsohn, Vince Baldwin, Vic Cannon, Franc Donovan, Herb Home, Pete Jones, Walt Jones, and Ed Lyle.
On the Board of the Dartmouth Bema were: Eugene Tifft, L. L. Friedman, James Williams, Pete Howe, Thomas L. Norton, Owen Smith, Clint Wells, and John Sloat.
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